ben10scotland wrote:
how do you go about approaching a girl you like (directed to mindslave primarily, by extension open to others)
Very carefully? (Vague reference to a joke) First of all, let me just say that this is much easier said than done. There are so many factors that are involved, but chief among them is your reason for approaching her. Why do you like her? Your approach should reflect your reason for talking to her. Remember that if you walk up to a girl and approach her, you are setting something in motion. You are basically telling her that you are a social animal who isn't nervous about approaching women you are intimidated by. Can you sustain that? Starting a relationship under false pretenses is never a good thing. Typically we don't think of that as false pretenses, but it is. Any girl I've ever known, I didn't approach. In most cases, she approached me. I just put her at ease. So naturally I don't approach girls, because this isn't my strong suit. I just go out and do whatever it is that I'm doing, and if the situation lends itself towards a conversation with a girl, then so be it. It's less pressure that way, less pressure on both of us, and it's easier to sustain a friendship with less pressure.
If you approach a girl the way you see in the movies, you have to keep your foot on the gas, (because there is more pressure to succeed) and you probably don't know how to do that if you are asking how to approach girls. I don't know how to do that, but I know how it's done. If you feel comfortable walking up to a girl and saying something like "Hi, I haven't insulted you yet, have I?" and continue the conversation in that direction, with that theme, and put her at ease and not give her time to think, then she will sleep with you at the end of the night if you play your cards right. The trick is to show lots of interest for the first few minutes, but go back and forth like you aren't sure, test her mettle, then take her in the back and put your stamp of approval on her. This works because her confusion keeps her interested, and humans are curious creatures. It's a sneak attack, and it's not very nice, but it works. Of course, you can't sustain that type of thing into a workable relationship, which is why only womanizers use that approach. Salesmen do this as well, only they sell TVs.